Help! My bike is mad at me!

[P3_techman]

So about 3 or 4 weeks ago I was involved in an unfortunate accident where I had a tourist here on the lovely island of Oahu become distracted by the majestic landscapes and then go from about 50 to a dead stop a hell of alot faster than I could, and because I am stil new to my '05 XB9SX I grabbed WAY too much front brake and went over the front at 40ish MPH. Lorraine (thats what I named her) was fine... mechanically. However, cosmetically every bit of plastic was cracked/shattered/gone, rear fender snapped off, awesome low profile seat all ripped up, instrument cluster gone, bars knocked all askew, you know, the works. It seemed pretty violent to have the bike be fine, but the moral of the story is, about 2 weeks ago I have noticed a very strange clicking noise, starting somewhat quiet and gradually over the course of a few days getting louder, though not when I get up to higher RPMs (I'm guessing around 3.5k - 4k as I still have no instrument cluster) atleast when I am accelerating, while cruising at pretty much any RPM I can still slightly hear it depending on my current decibel output. Also, I occasionally have just absolutely disgusting sounding shifts from 1st to 2nd and sometimes it will even stick in neutral. I am also getting some bog out of 2nd and starting out in 1st. Starting yesterday I also had a sputter about 20 or so secconds after starting off for the day with a cold bike twice. once when i left for work, and again when I left work to get some dinner. Could the noise be knocking? Transmission? Something else? What's up with that sputter? When I bought the bike I had to have the clutch rebuilt because quite a few plates were fused together (no clue) as well as the TPS replaced so that it would start (found through troubleshooting the potentiometer inside was worn out). Sorry for the long write up but I was trying to be as descriptive as possible so as to weed out shots in the dark as I don't really have time or money to waste on things like that. Please and thank you for all of the future advice.

[McMurphy]

Whoa dude, try paragraphs. It makes it so much easier to read, thus keeps my attention better.

Anyways, good to here you're fine and the bike survived. God knows how the tourists here can be. Almost replaced my front tire with a drivers door this afternoon on the way home.

How's your oil levels? When it gets low you can get a lot of extra engine noise and it'll make it run rough when you first start up.

I'm no mechanic, but I'd start with the small stuff like that, and checking electrical connections.

Your bike doesn't happen to translucent blue/silver does it?

[RT Performance]

Change the oil and trans oil.
Check the primary chain and clutch cable adjustment

[P3_techman]

@McMurphy

yeah sorry about that I was kind of in a hurry when I was typing that.

and yes it is.

I guess I will be checking all of that sometime tomorrow.

[ATFIII]

sorry about that accident brother, and good luck!

[ChuckieE]

glad u ok mate. sorry bout yur bike and good luck.

[P3_techman]

Thanks for your concerns ya'll. It's just one of those learning experience things. hopefully soon i'll have my bike back looking great again.

On that, does anyone know a good compound to get stains out of the paint on the frame? It would be nice if theres something that isn't abrasive.

[fakameanrepresent]

p3 techman, pm sent.